Posted by John in La on April 24, 2015 at 21:30:12 from (96.33.136.54):
In Reply to: Trailer posted by mf294-4 on April 24, 2015 at 18:54:05:
A few years back (5 to 10) there was a big stink about surge brakes. Technically they were against federal law. This is a technicality that was often overlooked.
Federal law said you had to be able to apply the trailer brakes separately from the tow vehicle brakes from in the cab of the tow vehicle. That's kind of hard to do with surge brakes.
The federal law was changed to include surge brakes because of pressure from places like U-Haul. So now surge brakes are legal on the federal level for trailers less than 20k lbs; and as long as you stay within a set weight ratio between the tow vehicle and the trailer. I think it is like 1.25 or 1.5 to 1. (The trailer can weigh 1.5 times the weight of the tow vehicle)
With this brought a lot of stink from some states to where they were changing the wording of state laws. Do not know how it ended but you might want to check your state's laws on trailer brakes.
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